One great advantage that we offer our customers is we are both builders and  a full service log home company. Often a log home dealer does not have much construction background. Dealerships are sometimes offered to homeowners simply because they purchased a log kit from the company and that company wants an office in that […]

Log spiral staircases add a lot of character and uniqueness to a home. A spiral is an upgrade to a log or timber home. While not cheap, they are very unique. Also a sweep log staircase or curved log staircase are also impressive. The sweep log staircases are typically wider than spiral log staircases, but […]

A single level log homes is also referred to as a ‘ranch’. This style is one of the easiest for homeowners to build themselves. A two story roof is more challenging to get up on, as it is higher off of the ground and the roof pitch is usually considerably steeper. If you want to […]

In our smaller cabins of under 1000 square feet we have several cabins that fit into the A Frame log cabin kit category. One feature that all of our A Frame has in common is an upper balcony. A small cabin is nice but let’s take a look at how to enlarge a plan for […]

Cowboys are part of the west where we live, and so Cowboy Log House plans are part of this backdrop as well. You may wonder, “What ingredients make a Cowboy plan?” From our experience as horse lovers, here is what we think is important… A Cowboy Plan would need a big country kitchen complete with […]

  Log homes are not the selection that just anyone makes. Instead it is a choice based on a personal log home passion with a rustic log cabin. Very few cabins are built by people who are only trying to match the geographic surroundings of their property. On major obstacle can be locating a builder […]

Here, on Cowboy Log Homes you will find a treasure trove of log home plans. With over 100 floor plans to choose from, there is a wide array of designs, features, and characteristics. The plans can be accessed from either the quick links down the left side of our website, or through the Log Homes […]

One feature of our website that many visitors love is all the small log cabin floor plans and pictures. Many websites only offer black and white sketches of their homes or maybe a colored rendering accompanying their floor plans. But we always strive to place as many relevant photos as possible with each. The elevation […]

One of our five styles includes heavy timber frame homes. For this type the logs are squared and then crafted to form the superstructure of the home. The word “Timber” is applied to logs that have been cut flat on all sides. The word “Log” is used for ones which are left round. The joinery […]

Prows are one feature that many want on their handcrafted log homes. The beauty of the triangular shape with wide trapezoid windows seem to reach out to make the view part of the home itself. From the inside the prow allows light to pour in to the great room and the fading rays of a […]

Log cabin kits are based on the idea of getting all of your log and materials from one place. Some cabin kits only offer the logs. Some kits come with everything including the kitchen sink. So how do you decide what it the best route for you? We can provide either just a log shell […]

When sketches and flat floor plans are helpful, there is nothing like seeing photos of a finished luxury log cabin. Photos show depth and color, allowing the visitor to stroll through a home without ever visiting it in person. Below are some photos of one of our newest plans, the El Paso log home design. […]

What designates a log as a Swedish Cope one is the way it is cut. The half moon shape cut on the underside of the log and the full round top is not mimicked by any other log style. It is very individualized. The cope is the same on every log. The Swedish cope logs […]

It is so important to us that our customers are purchasing the very best Montana log home kits. Over the years we have seen the problems of inferior materials, thus why we choose to assemble the log home kits ourselves. If you were going for back surgery would you go to the local medicine man […]

The Round Post and Beam home style is so unique. We provide this style home in the true handcrafted log style. To qualify as truly handcrafted the logs are all hand scribed to fit into the superstructure of the home. Traditional dovetails, mortise and tenon, and other joinery is used to create a structure which […]